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Campaign to Get Electors to Reject Trump Faces a Major Structural Hurdle [MJ debunks faithless EVs!]
Mother Jones ^ | 12/14/2016 | Pema Levy

Posted on 12/14/2016 2:01:00 PM PST by catnipman

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig, who has offered free legal advice to electors, said this week that 20 Republican electors are considering not voting for Trump.

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But the Republican National Committee, which according to Politico has been keeping tabs on its electors, has found no defectors except for Christopher Suprun, a Texas elector who has publicly announced his intention not to support Trump.

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there's little evidence that these entreaties might result in the kind of large-scale coordination that would be required to deny Trump the presidency.

(Excerpt) Read more at motherjones.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 20; christophersuprun; constitution; constructionism; constructionist; electors; harvard; lawrencelessig; massachusetts; motherjones; pemalevy; scotus; texas
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Who wouda thunk MJ would do a bit of investigative reporting to debunk the latest bit of fake news making the rounds through the fake stream media ...
1 posted on 12/14/2016 2:01:00 PM PST by catnipman
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Shouldn’t there be an immediate investigation into the coordinated overthrow of the election?


2 posted on 12/14/2016 2:03:31 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Who would have thunk MJ is still around.


3 posted on 12/14/2016 2:03:52 PM PST by ColdOne (( I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Not tired of winning.)
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Want to bet that Christopher Suprun gets a high-paying job compliments of the democrat party?


4 posted on 12/14/2016 2:05:22 PM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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“...the fake stream media...”

There ya go!!!!

I like that better than main stream media or even lame stream media...


5 posted on 12/14/2016 2:05:43 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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This Lessig guy has ran himself for president several times, I understand...

Reminds me of my wood shop teacher in high school...He ran for president in 1964...


6 posted on 12/14/2016 2:07:57 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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Reality, painful though it is, has begun to take root.


7 posted on 12/14/2016 2:09:42 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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“Want to bet that Christopher Suprun gets a high-paying job compliments of the democrat party?”

I doubt it. Once they’ve used him, they will drop him.


8 posted on 12/14/2016 2:09:43 PM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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In a world of fake news, MJ gains credibility. Think about, MSM.


9 posted on 12/14/2016 2:11:34 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig< This guy's gonna have so much egg on his face he outta’ just open an IHOP.
10 posted on 12/14/2016 2:13:34 PM PST by Bullish
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Haha one of ‘those’ guys. Even mcmuffin had some chops before running to be the leader of the free world


11 posted on 12/14/2016 2:13:34 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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MJ prepping their readers for a major downer on Monday.


12 posted on 12/14/2016 2:14:27 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I’m glad that you could post MJ here, and a little surprised as the boss tends not to like leftist media. That said, the sources on the hard left and hard right are usually pretty good for actual news. It’s the centrist pukes like cnn, cbs, and fauxnews that spew propaganda 24/7.


13 posted on 12/14/2016 2:14:56 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (It's no longer Right versus left, but Americanism versus globalist scum.)
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Nothing new. There are some pretty good news sources on the left. I disgree with their political perspective of course but they do the reporting work that the fake media won’t. Kinda like breitbart does on the right.


14 posted on 12/14/2016 2:19:46 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (It's no longer Right versus left, but Americanism versus globalist scum.)
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The comments are a fun read.


15 posted on 12/14/2016 2:22:16 PM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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Want to bet that Christopher Suprun gets a high-paying job compliments of the democrat party?

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What does he bring to the Democrat Party? He’s a turncoat and proven his word is no good.
As a paramedic and untrue to his word I see nothing of future value to them. JMO


16 posted on 12/14/2016 2:24:57 PM PST by deport
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urprised as the boss tends not to like leftist media.

I suspect leftist media is ok; it's the commentary and ensuing discussion, that by the political nature of the commenters, is Conservative.

17 posted on 12/14/2016 2:30:24 PM PST by C210N
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So I see now. The electors decide President. I thought these bull shi! jackasses were to vote with the majority of the people they represent. Now we see that people do not mean crap. What is happening in the world or our Country is none of their business. These few rotten communists bastards that would even consider rejecting their voters are in for a real problem by even considering changing.
18 posted on 12/14/2016 2:41:31 PM PST by Logical me
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This is a good example of why I’ve never been in favor of The policy of banning certain sites as “leftist rags.” Besides them providing useful opposition intel once in a while one of these blind squirrels finds a nut that is useful to the site.


19 posted on 12/14/2016 2:46:00 PM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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...”Shouldn’t there be an immediate investigation into the coordinated overthrow of the election?”...

Yes, because we already know what this is. It is a naked attempt to steal an election. I just heard Neil Cavuto interview Nancy Pelosi’s daughter who seems to be knee deep in this. Who knew? Neil was doing his best to keep his composure and I am sure I would not have done half so well, had I been in his shoes. I wanted to throw rocks just listening to this dishonest person who was not only irrational in what she was saying but she was insulting Neil to his face by calling him a liar over and over again. These people need to leave America and our system of government. They need to go somewhere else.


20 posted on 12/14/2016 2:46:11 PM PST by jazzlite (esat)
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